Ignacio A. Catalán Alemany
I earned my PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona-Institut de Ciències del Mar in 2003, focusing on indices of physiological condition in fish larvae and their correlation with survival. Since 2009, I have been working as a Research Scientist at IMEDEA. My scientific interests revolve around understanding the mechanisms that govern the dynamics of marine fish, particularly during their early developmental stages when bio-physical interactions are unique, and mortality rates are significantly high.
Over the past decade, my research has been concentrated on three main areas:
- Advancing our understanding of individual and collective responses of fish to both external and internal factors, including the impact of climate change.
- Unraveling the processes that influence the recruitment of coastal fish.
- Applying new technologies to automatically obtain massive data on fish and fishers’ activity, that help a better science-based management of fisheries.